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THE PHOTOSCHOOL
MENTORING WITH RUTH
Book a one-on-one Mentoring Session with Ruth! Whether you consider yourself a creative, a hobbyist, photographer at any stage of your journey or a business owner, you can book in for a one-on-one mentoring session with Ruth to further your photography knowledge and skillset!
WHAT APPLIES TO YOU?
LIFE SHOULD BE CAPTURED BEAUTIFULLY. WE CAN'T WAIT TO HELP YOU CAPTURE IT.
COULDN'T RECOMMEND HER ENOUGH.
I booked a last minute one on one mentor session with Ruth last week while I was in town. We went over all the technical side of using my camera and also learnt lots of tricks for dealing with lighting issues. Couldn’t recommend her enough! I’m looking forward to when she brings her workshops to Akl!”
- Laura Patterson
MENTORING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS & CREATIVES
Whether you are an experienced photographer or hobbyist, a mentoring session will help you grow creatively and technically. The direction of the session will be determined by what you would like to learn. Nothing is off limits when I mentor you. We can discuss anything you need help with during this time and you can ask me anything you want to know!
Below is some of the content I have covered during these sessions.
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Using your Digital SLR - what all those buttons do
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Understanding light & how to manage difficult lighting conditions
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Understanding composition and how to use this to improve your images
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Editing & editing workflows
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Creating your workflow for your sales process
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Using systems to be more productive
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Creating your workflow for your sales process
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Creating profitable products and packages
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Choosing the best apps, programmes, subscriptions to support your business
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And much much more!
THE OPTIONS
CHOOSE YOUR SESSION
PICK MY BRAIN
My two or three-hour mentoring session is perfect if you have a specific area/s of your photography or in your business that you want to work on. Often these sessions are used for coaching on pricing, editing or just chatting over a bunch of questions you might have around business, social media etc.
ADD ON'S
one hour $150 + GST
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Five one hour sessions to be used over six months
$600 + GST
Sometimes you need more than a one off session to really target specific areas of your business, to improve your shooting, for accountability and to reach your goals!
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2 Hours - $450 + GST
3 Hours - $600 + GST
ARE YOU READY TO
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ONE-ON-ONE
LIVE SHOOT
$700 + GST
During this 2.5 hour session we'll chat over how I plan my shoots including prep, locations, posing and lighting. Together we'll plan a shoot according to what you would like to add to your portfolio and/or the type of session you feel you need the most help with.
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During the shoot as I pose and direct, I will talk you through my thought processes. We will finish our time together with a debrief discussion. This can include a Q & A viewing and editing the images we just photographed or a portfolio review.
INCLUDES:
60 Minute Photoshoot
90 Minute debrief session after the shoot
Templates: My portrait shoot guide, contracts, email templates & loads of other resource
This live shoot can be added on to any mentoring session package as well as purchased individually.
ONE-ON-ONE
FULL DAY
$1600 + GST
This full day mentoring session is 7 hours long and includes a live shoot. Through the pre-mentoring questionnaire we will identify the areas you need to focus on and together come up with a plan of action! Nothing is off limits during this session, I'm an open book and welcome any questions you may have. This session also includes a live shoot, a great opportunity to build confidence as well as create images for your portfolio.
BONUS
I will shoot 5 branding images of you during our session that can be used for your marketing and branding!
WORTH $750
7 hours One-on-one mentoring in person
Pre-mentoring questionaire
Live Portrait Shoot (usually $700 + GST)
5 Branding Images (usually $750 + GST)
Templates: My portrait shoot guide, contracts, email templates & loads of other resources
Platter to graze on
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RUTH WAS WONDERFUL.
I initially contacted Ruth via her Instagram stories and got an immediate very helpful response, and from there, I was fortunate enough to have a one on one tutoring session with Ruth. I have had my Sony Digital SLR for 6 months using it on Program mode and was ready to learn more! Ruth was wonderful! She gave me clear understandable explanations at a good pace. We had fun trying out the different functions and I now feel like I know my camera so much better and am confident to start playing around more. Ru”
- Faye Chell
BUSINESSES & ORGANISATION MENTORING
I love working with businesses and organisations to help add value to your marketing and communication through images. If you’d like to know more about how to better curate your website images, social media platform, how to take better images for your business or edit for your brand I’d love to help .
This investment includes:
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A welcome questionnaire to find out about your business and how you can use photography to build your brand and market your products or services.
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A one-hour consultation which includes recommendations around styling, lighting, composition, gear, setup, editing and a Q & A time for anything else you would like to know.
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A one hour follow up consultation over zoom - alternatively, this can be used to add on to the first consultation to make the session two hours
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Mileage and travel up to 30 km of Hamilton CBD
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This package can be used for up to four people
$450 + GST
Additional hours or follow up consultation $150 + GST per/hour
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED RUTH'S PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.
I learnt so many valuable skills that I now use when taking photographs of my loved ones. I feel so much better equipped to capture those special moments in my family and I love how much better my photos now are. Thanks so much for teaching us the tricks of the trade!..."
- Anke Richmond
WOULD 100% RECOMMEND DOING A SESSION WITH RUTH.
